Newly Funded Awards and Renewals

October 2024 – September 2025

Total
$4,820,633

PIFunding SourceAward TitleAmount
Jeffrey BellNational Science Foundation | New AwardCareer: Calibration-Free Potentiometric Sensors for Biofluid Analysis 1$462,245
Jeffrey BellNational Science Foundation | New AwardImproving the Performance of Aqueous Zinc-Based Batteries with magnetic Fields 1$436,090
Jeffrey BellWSU Office of Commercialization Gap Fund | New AwardEfficient Decoupling of Electrolytes with Enhanced Buffer System and Magnetic Field Assistance for Stable and High-Energy Aqueous Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Batteries$47,498
Kevin KittilstvedNational Science Foundation | New AwardStep-Wise Assembly of Nanocrystal Synthons for Precision Doping$154,902
James BrozikDepartment of Defense: Air Force | Renewal $1,200,000 Total AwardThe Stochastic Biophysics Controlling AQP4 Regulation and Self-Assembly$400,000
Brian ClowersNational Science Foundation | New AwardNext generation ion mobility mass spectrometry instrumentation to uncover hidden dynamics underlying protein function$485,838
Xiaofeng GuoTerraPower | New Award
Delta WBS2: Washington State University Enthalpy of Mixing Studies$125,000
Xiaofeng GuoUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell | New Award
$30,000 Total Award
Machine Learning-Enabled Monitoring of Metallic Solutes via X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Molten Salt Fusion Blankets$11,197
Xiaofeng GuoNational Science Foundation, Career | New Award
$570,108 Total Award
Career: Explore and Regulate Thermodynamics of f-block High Entropy Ceramics$112,449
Xiaofeng GuoINL Battelle | New Award
$80,000 Total Award
Novel Process for Permanent Magnet Recycling: Molten Salt Electrochemical Leaching and Recovery$42,699
Kirk PetersonDepartment of Energy- OFC Science | Renewal $475,097 Total AwardAccurate ab Initio Thermochemistry and Spectroscopy of Molecules Containing f block Elements$151,969
Anjali SharmaMurdock Foundation | New AwardNon-Invasive Targeted Nanotherapy for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury$75,000
Anjali SharmaWSU + SCRI Collaborative Seed Grants | New Award
$50,000 Total Award
Harnessing Nanotechnologies for Targeted Delivery of Anti-tubercular Drugs$25,000
Anjali SharmaWSU Office of Commercialization Gap Fund | New AwardTrehalose-Terminated Mixed Layered Dendrimer Composition$49,999
Anjali SharmaUS Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health | New
$2,642,466 Total Award
Targeted Nanotherapies for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer$482,067
Anjali SharmaUS Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health | New
$2,588,341 Total Award
Targeted Nanotherapies for the Treatment of Brain Disorders$532,385
Choong-Shik YooDepartment of Energy: NNSA | Continuing Award $825,000 Total AwardPlanetary Materials under Extreme Conditions: Novel States, Structures, and Chemistry of Low Z Quantum Mixtures at Complex Interfaces$275,000

Collaboration

PIFunding SourceAward TitleAmount
Anjali Sharma (Boyang Wu, Co-I)
Washington Research Foundation | New Award $100,000 Total AwardDendrimer Nanotherapy for Targeted Treatment of Prostate Cancer$85,000
Dmitri Davydov/
Bhagwat Prasad
Department of Health and Human Services: NIH | Continuation
$1,954,427 Total Award
Inter-Enzyme Crosstalk in the Cytochrome P450 Ensemble: Implications for the Effects of Alcohol on Drug Metabolism and Alcohol-Drug Interactions$477,683
Jim Boncella/Ivan PopovGeorgia Institute of Technology: Department of Energy, NNSA | New Award
$2,279,998 Award
Transuranic Chemistry Center of Excellence$388,612